Efficiency Improvement of Three-Phase Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverters for Photovoltaic Systems

Table 1

Parameters used in the simulation model.

PV panel open circuit voltage	38 V
PV panel short circuit current	9.1 A
PV panel maximum power voltage	30 V
PV panel maximum power current	8.3 A
PV panel nominal output power	250 W
Number of cells per phase	4
DC capacitor	3,300 μF
AC inductor	1 mH
Grid voltage	122.5
Grid frequency	50 Hz
System power rating	3 kW
PWM carrier frequency	2 kHz
Output switching frequency	16 kHz